Helen Reddy

Birth Name:

Helen Maxine Reddy

Birth Place:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress

Became the first Australian to win a Grammy Award when she won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Am Woman" in 1973
Was the first Western female performer to be invited to sing in the People's Republic of China
First achieved success with her 1971 hit cover of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," a song from the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar․"
Started out as a singer and dancer on the Australian vaudeville circuit with her parents when she was only 4 years old
Quote: "(On retirement): "I was shown a modern American history high-school textbook, and a whole chapter on feminism - and my name and my lyrics (were) in the book․ And I thought, 'Well, I'm part of history now․ And how do I top that?'""
Best known as an actress and singer who wrote the feminist anthem "I Am Woman․"
During her retirement, she worked as a clinical hypnotherapist and a motivational speaker in Australia
Retired from live performance in 2002 but returned to the stage ten years later, prompted by a duet she sang with her sister at her sister's 80th birthday party
Was the first Australian to host her own primetime variety show on an American network, "The Helen Reddy Show," which debuted as a summer replacement series for "The Flip Wilson Show" in 1973
Wrote her bestselling memoir "The Woman I Am," which describes the emotional struggles she went through at the height of her career

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